List of records broken by Carlos Alcaraz after winning the 2022 Madrid Open

List of records broken by Carlos Alcaraz after winning the 2022 Madrid Open

Carlos Alcaraz

World No. 9 Carlos Alcaraz takes out defending champion Alexander Zverev in the finals of the 2022 Madrid Open to claim his fourth title of the season, the most on the ATP Tour so far. The teenager was the favourite going into the clash given his form and Zverev’s inconsistency and Alcaraz proved why was he the favourite. Alcaraz won the match 6-3, 6-1 in just 62 minutes to take home his second Masters-1000 title of the season.

In a tournament that had World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, King of Clay Rafael Nadal and well-established players like World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas and Zverev himself, Alcaraz was dubbed the title favourite and he showed why is he rated so high as he himself took down Novak, Rafa and Sascha, defeating three of the Top-5 players on the trot to get hold of his first Masters title of a clay event.

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List of records broken by Carlos Alcaraz after winning the Madrid Open

Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz
  • Alcaraz becomes the youngest player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to defeat 3 Top-5 players at the same event.
  • Alcaraz becomes the 6th man in the Open Era to start his career 5-0 in finals.
    Ernests Gulbis 6-0 (now 6-1)
    Martin Klizan 6-0 (finished 6-1)
    Carlos Alcaraz 5-0
    Thomas Enqvist 5-0 (finished 19-7)
    Andrei Medvedev 5-0 (finished 11-7)
    Sjeng Schalken 5-0 (finished 9-3)
  • Alcaraz becomes the youngest Players to Earn 3 Top-5 Wins at the same Event (ATP Tour Era since 1990)
    Carlos Alcaraz 19y at 2022 in Madrid
    Novak Djokovic 20y2m at 2007 in Montreal
    Pete Sampras 20y3m at 1991 ATP Finals
    Andre Agassi 20y7m at 1990 ATP Finals
    Lleyton Hewitt 20y9m at 2001 ATP Finals
  • Alcaraz becomes the 2nd youngest player to win 2 ATP Masters1000 titles ( Rafael Nadal 18y in 2005)
  • Alcaraz becomes the youngest player to win 5 ATP Tour titles since Nadal in 2004-05
  • Alcaraz claims his 7th straight win vs Top 10 (all since 29 March)
  • Alcaraz becomes the 1st player to beat Alexander Zverev in straight sets at the Madrid Open
  • Alcaraz becomes the first player since David Nalbandian in 2007 to beat 3 of the world’s top 4 at a Masters 1000

Carlos Alcaraz to rise to World No. 6

Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz

With the win, Alcaraz will rise 3 places in the rankings and will be the new World No. 6 on Monday, 9th May 2022. He will be trailing World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas with 967 points going into the 2022 Rome Masters where he will be playing next week and given his three Clay titles already this season, will be a heavy favourite for the tournament.

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